The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-02-24

the immediate consideration of the
Senate bill incorporating the Atlantic
and Pacific Ship Railway Company. Fl
Anderson (Kansas) objected, and the
bill was referred to the committee on
commerce. -s.e .s-ss4- ar1 =
Willis (Kentucky) asked that the
| House non-concur in the Senate
amendment to the river ant harbor ap-
preparation bill but Anderson also OBJ
jected to this request, which, if granted,
would throw the Lii Immediately into
the conference, and the bill was referred
to the appropriate committee. rar7.
Dingley (Maine) presented memorials
OF the Maine Legislature in favor of
! Legislation to protect American fisheries,
and for the passage Of the pleuIo-pneu-
monia bill. ,., I'D. =. syf.4, On '.,..-
Belmont New York;, from the COM
mittee on foreign affairs, reported the
House substitute bill for the Senate re-
ia iatory bill, and under a special order
asked for its immediate consideration.
1t was finally determined that the de-
bate should be limited to three hours.
Belmont opened the debate by dwelling
upon the Importance Sof the subject on
which the House was now asked to act.
| The question of the fisheries was one
that had engaged the attention of the
government from its foundations, and
| though from time to time temporary
arrangements had settled it, il had now
reached point when it again demanded
! the serious consideration of the country.
| It was not mere commercial question,
simply affecting g restriction on Ameri'
can fishermen. The important. ques-
ton was whether The United States was
willing to acquiesce in the repeated
violDtio of the treaty. He briefly
| sketcntd the course Of the Canadian
| l. gislation and commented . upon
it in the light of the CORE
spondence recently published between
Great Britain and the limited
| states. Soon after the adjournment of
Congress the fishing season would COM
mence, anu in selt-deiense tie power
of defensive retaliation. should be con-
ferred upon the President. There had
been no question in the Senate as to the
advisabihty of giving this power, but
! the bill as it came from the Senate was
open to certain objections. We had
certain rights in the deep sea fisheries
which no other nation. except Great
| Britain herself, possessed. 1t was but
fair to the Executive, when Congress
placed upon him very great response
bilitv that it should be conferred in.
dist net terms. This, he did not think
the SENATE ont did. aud ne therefore
| favored the ad option of the substitute.
Rice said there should be no party
in a cues ion of this important char
acter, which affected the entire
nation; tue Senate bill as not a. party
bill but had been passed after careful
consideration ami able discussion by
the votes o. Senators on both sides of
the chamber. Something must be done
to protect our nat Onal honor. Dur
ing the past year 100 of our vessels
had been subjected to search and some
Of them to seizure by Canadian au-
thorities for touching at Canadian
ports for the purposes of trade. 1t
was very vital question to- American
: honor whether any Canadian officer
possessed such right of search and
seizure. A vessel named Grocer CteVe-
land had been stopped and vess ell
named T. f. Bdydrd had been warned
off as a suspicious character. 1t was
important that there should be power
somewhere to protectfAmerican honor
when affected in so Wit \ a point as
this. The Senate bill provided an effec-
tive remedy. IfGreat Britain shut out
our vessels we would shut out her fish.
If she shut the door in our. face, we
would say mot at home, when she
ent up her card to US.
The substitute bill suggested the
violation of our treaty obligation with
Great Britain, which, to his mind, was
absolutely unnecessary and not only
unnecessary, but impolitic The Senate
bill covered promptly and effectively
every necessity of the case. We did not
want any war with Great Britain. This
gascOnading talk about war with Great
Britain was nonsense. We could not
aft I'D 80 go to war wi b Great Britain.
Miliken Mainel- Suppose she should
g. 10 " ar withus?
Rice replied would undoubtedly
whip her in that event, but there was
no necessity for war. One year of ex-
clusiOn of Canadian fish would bring to
an end the injuries and outrages which
were being perpetrated upon our fisher
men.
Davis Massachusetts, spoke in sup
| port of the Senate bill and appealed for
action which would preserve the inter
ests of the hardy fishermen OF New
England. ---s-- d .5 a. A-.-'>
Clements (Georgia) stated that the
substitute was a committee measure
and materially different from the Bel
mont bill, and he regretted that in the
discussion of so grave question aswas
now pending the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts lRjce) should seek to give it
partisan tinge The trouble with
Canada had originated in what bad
been called "mere skirmish" about
fish, but it had assumed larger pro-
portions than a skirmish. The Ameri-
can flag had been hauled down and $50
American vessels been searched or
warned off. and the honor of the gov
eminent was involved. He cOnteDded
that the remedy was better provided
for In The substitute than in the Senate
DILL, and he criticised the later meas
IRE for claiming only the same rights
for our fishermen that were accorded
to subjects of the most favored ma
ions. The substitute was better
framed in this respect. Another
difference between the two meas
ureS was that the House bill
authorizes the President to stop
he COMING Of lNrsmo'iuas end
cars into the United States. The gentle
man from the northeast Should rot
complain of this provision. This was
not local quest on. 1t was not a New
Eng land Question He hOnod that Fl q